The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1887-05-20
Focal Affairs.
LITTLE LOCALS.

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LITTLE LOCALS.
The ladies Of Mount Vernon NJ. z. Church,
Dublin district, met at the church, Tuesday
evening, and organized Mite Society.
Capt. Joshua Burke, formerly passenger
conductor on the Maryland Central Railroad,
has engaged in the slate business OF Delta.
1t is expected that the second track of the
B. & O.'s new line between Baltimore and
Philadelphia will be completed about July LIST.
John Tahaney, native of Ireland, made
application for naturalization to the Clerk Of
the Circuit Court for Hartford county, last
Saturday.
We are indebted to Mr.. John IL. Lytle,
agent at Magnolia, for copy of the new time
table of the P, W. and B. Railroad, which went
into effect May 18th.
Mrs. Hildt, who lives near Jarreitsville, Is
reported to be very i'll. She has been sick for
some time. Drs. jarrett and Payne are her at.
tending physicians.
Last Wednesday week an old stable on Mr..
John N. Nelson's farm, near Federal Hill, was
struck by lightning. Six Of Mr.. Nelson's hogs
were killed BY the stroke.
MIR. John Lilly, OF Hartford Furnace, In.
forms us that it was not his dog which bit Mr..
Abraham Shertzer, as he has not had dog on
his place for several months.
Mrs Scott, wife ofDr. J. W. Scott, OF Oar.
lington, is reported to be very III. DR.. Aunnik-
huysen, OF Bel Air, was called into oonsulta.
ton on her case, last week.
Samuel Davis caught at Bald Frisr fishery,
which he sold chiefly in York. Pa, at an aver.
age of 1923 per hundred.
JAS. Neeper, q short time ago caught In .
scoop-net, at Samuel Orr's scoop stand, at the
mouth of Broad Creek, a black bass which
weighed nearly six pounds.
"A match game of base bail will be played
at Aberdeen on Saturday afternoon, 21st, be-
tween the Nonpareil Club, of that place, and
the Pen Mar Club, OF Baltimore city.
Mrs. rawbridge, widow Of Joseph Straw.
bridge, of Norrsville, is very III. She is sffict.
ed with paralysis Of the nerves. Her condition
is regarded as critical. She is SO years Of age.
The ladies' OF the Methodist Protestant
Church, Bel Air, will hold a strawberry and Ice
cream festival on the parsonage lawn, adjoin-
ing the church, on Thursday and Friday eve.
ming, June Cd and Sd.
An egg inside Of another egg was left at
The AEgis office, on Monday, by Mr.. ]. Nelson
Demoss, of Abingdon. The inner egg was small
and duly covered with shell, the outer egg
being without shell.
On Sunday a valuable OK belonging to Mr..
Hosea Barnes, who lives near Churchville, was
taken sick and died, Notwithstanding Mr..
Barnes exertions to save him. The animal,
If fat, would have weighed 1000 lbs.
MIR. Thos. Hanway, in an advertisement this
week, calls attention to Holton's patent iron
roofing, which is claimed TO be "the best and
cheapest" in USE Mr.. Hanway has also for
sale everything needed by builders In the hard.
ware line.
Frost Is reported to have occurred In some
parts of the county, last Saturday morning. A
field of corn on Mr. Thomas Buffers farm, near
the Rocks of Deer Greek, 1t is said, was nipped.
Gardens in the neghborhood OF Level also suf.
fered slightly.
-Messrs Geo. D. Waters and John NJ.
Street, have reopened Wimbledon Store, old
Fallston, and are putting in large stock OF at
tractiye aud fashionable dry goods, choice
groceries, notions, &c. They are both active,
popular and enterprising young men and will
no doubt succeed.
"A special meeting Of the Hartford Historical
Society will be held In the Town Hall, Darling.
ton, on Tuesday evening, May Slst, at s o'clock.
Gen. Bradley 7. johnson will deliver an ad.
dress and DR.. W. Stump Forwood will read a
memoir of Junius Brutus Booth. The meeting
promises to be interesting.
There is widespread dissatisfaction among
travellers on the Maryland Central Railroad
from North Avenue to Bel Air, on account Of
the advance in the rates of fare, as we'll as the
advance in freight rates. Some few Belairians
have gone to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad, whilst some cltizerfs closer
to Baltimore are again using their carriages.
One Towson shipper hauls his produce In his
own wagon rather than pay the advance rates
by -1owsontopR Journal.